Sunday, June 26, 2016

Kolrabi Radish and Cucumber Salad

Enjoy the flavors of summer with this crunchy veggie packed salad. Made with kolrabi, radish and cucumber and lightly dressed with a sesame dressing. Perfect salad for lunch or dinner.

Kolrabi Radish and Cucumber Salad

Have you ever noticed the vegetables that grow in the same season seem to taste very good when combined together? This salad is an example of just that. We were at the Newport farmers market Saturday morning and a similar salad was being sampled at the Gathering Together Farm booth. The salad there was made with kolrabi and radishes and cut into very small pieces; like the texture of something grated. Everything was drizzled with sesame oil and rice wine vinegar. While I enjoyed this combination very much I thought the addition of cucumber would be wonderful. Cucumbers are so flavorful this time of year and besides adding these to salads they are also delicious on sandwiches.

Serves 2 for a main dish, more if serving as a side.

Ingredients:

1 kolrabi (cut into small pieces)
1 cucumber (cut into small pieces)
6 radishes (cut into small pieces)
Salt to taste

Cheri Savory Spoon

Mysavoryspoon was first started in 2010 as a way to journal recipes that I had collected from cookbooks, magazines, family and friends. Most everything was savory, using legumes and whole grains. Along the way I discovered a love for baking. Now a couple times a month you might see some type of sweet pie or treat.

This salad sounds so refreshing, Cheri! I bet it has a great texture. I really like sesame oil so I know I would love the dressing, too. I'm really not familiar with Kohlrabi. I will have to look it up. Thanks for this recipe!

I have never tried kolrabi! I know that's a terrible admission. I've seen them at the shops but now really known what to do with them - I didn't grow up with them and it certainly isn't a vegetable my mother ever used; I don't even think they were available back then. I do love how this is a very seasonal salad and you have inspired me to give kohrabi a go xx

Thank you for the heads up, Cheri. I'll start pairing same season foods together...Trust seasonal ice creams play together in the same sundae, too! Tee hee....Seriously, your always to be admired healthy yet delicious food looks divine. There truly is nothing like the crunch of a fresh salad in summertime.

That's really smart marketing on the part of the farmer's market to showcase seasonal goodies in dishes! Gives people ideas. :-) Agree cukes are wonderful at this time of the year -- starting to get some from our garden. Anyway, lovely recipe -- thanks.